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ln this unit, you will learn how to:
. use Present Simple tense . give someone attention .
talk about permission express likes and dislikes pronounce words with silent letters
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The modern family
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1,.
2. 3.
What do you think are the most important things for a happy family life? Do you think you will get married one day? If yes, at what age? Do you think you would like to be a parent one day? If yes, how many children would you like to have?
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the following passage carefully. The family cycle begins when a man and a woman get married. Marriage is often considered to be the most important event of a person's life. The bride and groom form a new family leaving behind the lives that they had when they were single. The new husband and wife settle into a new home and begin a new life together. For many people, the birth of the first child bring happiness to a new family. The husband and wife have to adjust to their new roles as parents. If the family has a second child, the eldest child can sometimes feel jealous of the new baby. If this happens, parents must help the first child to adjust to the birth of the newest member of the family. For some women, the birth of children means that they have to put their careers on hold while the children are very young. Then, when the children are older they are able to return to work. In the past, a woman's role was often to stay at home and take care of the children and the housework. Now, many women have their own careers outside the home. These women often have to juggle their time between their jobs and their housework. Some women have maids to help them with their domestic work. Parents have responsibility for helping their children to develop good social and moral values in an environment of affection, discipline and security.
Many parents help to develop their children's characters by giving them household chores to do. This could include things such as keeping their
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rooms clean and tidy, or washing the dishes. As children grow up,
their parents care about their education and hope that they will be able to have good careers. For this reasory many parents hope that their children will be successful at school and then go on to study at a college or university. Parents often encourage their children to study hard, so that they can get jobs with good career prospects.
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i if the following statements are true or false based on the passage above. If a statement is false, write a correction for it.
1.
A new family cycle begins when a baby is born. Truelfalse
2.
One of the most important events of someone's life is when they get married. Truelfalse
The birth of the first child brings unhappiness to a family. Truelfalse 4.
The birth of children can mean that some women have to hold their careers. Truelfalse
5.
A woman's place is to stay at home and take care of the children and housework. Truelfalse
6.
Some women practise juggling
in their spare time.
Truelfalse 7.
Children are taught social and moral values by their parents. Truelfalse
Children can develop their parents' characters by washing the dishes. kuelfalse 9.
Parents think that their children's education
will help them to be good
carers.
Truelfalse 10.
Some parents hope that their children university. Truelfslse
wiil have good
career prospects
if they go to college
or
Unit 2
lzr
the following words with their meaning on the right.
m stay death
old age pension
flat ideal emotion care about upset
mother and father a page showing days, months and years understand somebody to do or achieve to feel very unhappy money someone gets when they are old a set of rooms for living in not get upset
relate
building where ill people are treated not living a strong feeling
calm
perfect
calendar
to feel something, or somebody, is important
hospital
to live in a place
dead
the end of life
fulfil
a
parents
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passage. Then,
listen and check your answel As children get older, they become more independent and want to have more freedom. This is the time when they begin to think about the future and about the dreams they hope to (1)-. In many countries children leave home when they start college or university. They move into their own (2) and begin to take responsibility for their own lives. Perhaps, they also meet someone who they really (3) and who they can really (4) Perhaps to. they rneet their (5) partner for _ the future.
As the years on the (6) roll by, the parent-child roles are reversed as older children now start to think of the well-being of their (7) . Parents reach retirement age and start to receive their (8) Now it is the children who often take responsibility for looking after their parents. Unfortunately, there are times in any family when someone dies. The (9) of a loved one is always a time of great (10) Sometimes the death is sudden at home or elsewhere. Sometimes it is in (11) after an illness. Everyone tries to remain (12) as they remember the
(13)_
peISorybutnothingcanstopthemfeelingextreme1yunhappyand(14)(15)
at their loss. If it is an older parent who has died the remaining parent will often go to with the family of one of their children.
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THEDAII-,YNEWS It's official! In a report out today, 797 of teenagers say that they want to have more freedom from their parents. They say that they should have the right to do anything they want without having to get permission from their parents.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Do you agree with the statements made in the paper? What do you think teenagers should be allowed to do without having to get permission? Do your parents allow you to do anything you want? Do your parents stop you doing things you think you should be allowed to do?
If you have children in the future, what will you allow them to do, or not allow them to do?
G
at the examples
in the following chart carefully.
There are many different ways of expressing permission. Here are a few of the most common ways of asking for, giaing and refusing permission. tl
Ways
Do you mind if I go out
tonight? I
Could I use the computer, please?
| May I borrow your bike, Dad? | Can I go and see a film tomorrow I
of giving permission
No, that's OK. Yes,
of course.
Ways Yes,
of refusing permission
I do.
No, I'm afraid not.
Certainly.
No, I'm sorry. I need it.
Yes, OK.
No, you can't.
night?
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lri'l.'r i', with a partner and complete the following
exercise.
Imagine a situation in an average family where a teenager is asking his, or her, parents for permission to do various things. Make up a realistic dialogue using some of the example phrases in task G. Write your dialogue down and practise it together.
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A family tree diagram.
It is called a'family tree'. Study it carefully and complete
the sentences that follow.
Donald Wright + Alicia Wright
John Wright + Susan Wright
Peter Wright + Lindsay Wright
Debbie Wright
Simon Manley + Jean Manley
Robert Wright
PaulWright
Charles Manley + Lucy Manley
Louise Manley
Amy Manley
are married with two called Debbie and Paul. Lindsay's husband and Lindsay is Peter's wife. Peter is _ and Paul's father and is their mother. is Peter and Lindsay's daughter and _ is their son. Peter and
is
are Peter's father and mother. They are father-in-law and John and mother-in-law john and Susan are _ and _ grandparents. Debbie and Paul are _ and _ grandchildren. and Alicia are Peter's grandfather and grandmother. Peter is their and _ are Debbie and Paul's great grandparents. Debbie and Paul are their great
Robertis-brotherand-andPaul,suncle.Heis-brother-inlaw.RobertisSimonand-nephew.Theyarehis-andaunt.Robertand are cousins. Charles
and
children are Robert's second cousins. Their names
and
are
Now, write five more sentences of your own based on the family tree. 1,.
2. J.
4. 5.
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a simple family tree to show some of your nearest family members. Start with the ideas given, but change them to fit your family and add your own ideas i.
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to finish it. grandfather
uncle C
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grandmother
aunt
father
grandfather
+
mother
grandmother
uncle
+
aunt
$ i1i4li+llii. the following questions.
1.
What are the names of your father and mother?
2.
Do you have any brothers and sisters? If so, what are their names.
3.
Do you have any cousins? If so, what are their names.
4.
What are the names of your cousins' parents?
5.
What are the names of your grandparents?
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*':ltt with a partner and ask each other the questions from task C. Write down your partner's answers. 1. 2. J.
4. 5.
E
ili+,rllt;i the following text and then complete the tasks which follow. Throughout the world the basic social group in all societies is the family. There are a number of different types of family groups that can be found in different parts of the world. For many centuries the main type of family group has been a man and a woman who are married, living with their children. This is often called the 'nuclear family'. Sometimes there are 'extended family' groups where grandparents and also aunts and uncles live with the main group. There are also 'one-parent families' where a mothel, or a fathel, lives alone with their children. In some cultures a man may have more than one wife. This is called'polygamy'.
Unit
2
Now, look at each of the pictures carefully and write down r.t'hat you can see. Picture
Picture
1
In picture number 1, I can
see:
In picture number 2, I can
Picture
ln picture number 3, I can
see:
, with a partner and discuss See
if you agree with each other.
2
see:
4
In picture number 4, tr can
what you have written.
see:
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liii;:,,lojr the following story. The paragraphs are mixed up. Work out what the correct order should be.
1.
Paul wants to be in his school's football team. He keeps going to the practices, but he never gets chosen for the team. His mum and dad tell him thai he needs to keep trying hard and then perhaps one day he will get into the team. They try to tell him that he needn't feel bad about not being in the team, but this doesn't make him feel any better.
2.
Their daughter, Debbie, likes singing and swimming, and their son, Paul, likes football and playing computer games. Debbie doesn't like football, but she quite likes computer games. Paul doesn't like singing (in fact he hates it!), but he quite likes swimming. -
3.
Peter and Lindsay Wright live in the north of England. They have two childrer; a daughter aged 12 and a son aged 10. Peter has a very good job at an international shipping company and Lindsay teaches English at a high school.
4.
Peter and Lindsay were very surprised a few weeks ago when Debbie told them that she had been chosen by her music teacher to represent her school in a music competition. They thought that Debbie was a good singer; but they didn't realise she was so good. When they went to hear Debbie sing at the competition they felt very proud of her. Paul went to hear her sing as well. He felt just a little bit jealous of Debbie and the attention she was getting, but he still felt proud of her (well, just a little bit!).
5.
They own a small house in a nice village near the city where they both work. As well as her work as a teacher, Lindsay also has to do all the housework, such as cooking, cleaning, washing and ironing the clothes. One day she would like to have a cleaner to help her with the housework, but right now they can't afford the â‚Ź4.50 an hour'that a cleaner costs.
Write the correct order of the paragraphs here. Then, listen to the story and check your answers.
H
i;r:irr,rri'the following 1.
questions based on the story above.
Which member of the family might say, 'If we had enough money, I'd really like to have a cleaner'?
2.
Which member of the family might say, 'I like singing and swimming, but I don't like football'?
3.
Which member of the family might say,'I like football and computer games, but I hate singing'?
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4.
Which members of the family might say, 'Hey, Debbie's just told me that she's been chosen to sing in a competition!' 'Oh, really? I didn't know she was that good!'?
5.
Who might say, 'You were really great Debbie! We are very proud of you!'?
6.
Who might say, 'It's OK Paul, you needn't feel bad. You just need to keep trying as hard you can'?
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the following text carefully.
Paul had always been a little bit jealous of the attention that his sister Debbie got from their parents. After the music competition his feelings of jealousy started to get worse. You see, after the competition, Peter and Lindsay started to pay much more attention to Debbie's singing. They even arranged for her to have singing lessons at a local music school.
At the end of term, the music school held an informal concert in the local shopping centre. This was so that the school could celebrate the success of its students. It was also to draw people's attention to the work that the school did. Peter and Lindsay went to the concert. They dragged Paul along to it as well. He really wasn't amused about this, but he tried to put on a brave face and at least appear to be interested.
'Hey look! There's Debbie,' said Paul as the music school students walked up onto the stage. 'Oh yes. Doesn't she look good!' replied mum. 'She certainly does!' added dad as the music began. 'Listery' said mum. 'Isn't this the song that Debbie's been practising for the last few weeks?' 'Yes, I think it is,' replied dad. Just as Peter said this, a beautiful solo voice could be heard from the middle of the choir. Mum realised straight away whose voice it was.
'Listen to that!' she said. It's our Debbie. Isn't she a lovely singer!' But before dad could reply, there was a loud noise as someone switched on the shopping centre's loudspeaker system. 'Attention please!' said the announcer. 'Will the owner of the gold Rolls Royce please return to the car park. Your car is blocking the entrance to the store room.'
'Oh dear,' said Paul as the loudspeaker system was switched off. 'Debbie's solo has finished now. What a pity we couldn't hear it.' 'Never mind,' replied dad. 'She'll be so touched by your attention, that I'11 get her to sing it to you when we get home!'
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following information carefully.
the following exercises based on the information above and the text in task I.
1.
Which phrases in the text mean listening to something or someone carefully?
2.
Which phrases in the text mean looking at something or someone carefully?
3.
Which phrases in the text mean the interest that someone shows in something or someone carefully?
4.
Which phrase in the text means the special treatment that someone shows to someone else.
5.
Which phrase in the text means that people are being asked to listen carefully to something that is being announced.
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.' the following chart carefully. We can express surprise ot pride in many different ways. Here are a few of the most common expressions.
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Surprise:
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Oh, really? I didn't know that.
I am really proud of you!
What a surprise!
I feel proud of my sister.
Good heavens!
We are very proud of you!
I'm surprised you didn't tell me.
M
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the following exercise.
Imagine a situation where you meet a cousin who you haven't seen for a very long time. Make up a realistic dialogue using the ideas below and some of the example phrases in task I. Write your dialogue down and practise it together.
I haven't seen you for ages.
You
Good heavens!
Cousin
Yes, what a surprise, seeing you here.
You
(Ask your cousin how he, or she, is)
Cousin
(Reply snd ask what 'you' is doing)
You
(Say that you are going to study in Australis next yenr)
Cousin
It's years since I last saw you!
(Express surprise and ask how this wqs
arranged)
You
(Say that you haae been giaen a scholarship)
Cousin
(Express pride and congratulate'you')
You
(Say that you haae to go now, becnuse Vour Dad is in hospital)
Cousin
(Express surprise and qsk
if you can go to the hospital
as well)
Continue this dialogue using your own ideqs. You should include ideas of'attention' from task to K.
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English for everyday use A
i.4*:;l:'*.{ the story
1. 2. 3. B
in section two, task G again. Then, answer the following questions.
What is the main tense that is used in this story? Why has this tense been used?
Why do some of the verbs in this story end with's'?
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the following chart carefully.
I go to school.
Peter and Lindsay live in England
I don't go to school. We don't live in Indonesia. You don't play football They don't work hard. Peter and Lindsay don't live in Indonesia.
He goes to school.
He doesn't go to school.
Peter has a good job.
Peter doesn't have a bad job.
She lives in Singapore.
She doesn't live in Singapore.
Lindsay teaches English.
It starts at 6pm.
Lindsay doesn't teach Indonesian. It doesn't start at 6pm.
Where do you go?
Where does he go?
Where do you live?
Where does she live?
We live in Indonesia. You play football.
They work hard.
-What do you play? How do they work?
What time does it start? What does Peter do?
Note carefully!
called'third person singular'. Take the's' from'singular' and put it on the end of the verb! For example, 'singular'.
He, she, or it, are
+
She liveg in Singapore.
Sometimes, you have to make changes to the spelling. Compare,
go
+
don't -
goes
doesn't
Unit
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2
the following words with their meaning on the right. threaten
a.
to give something to someone
extend
b.
to get out of bed
take
c.
to prepare food by heating
interrupt
d.
to welcome somebody
bring
e.
to ask somebody about something
invite
f.
to say sorry for something
greet
g b'
to make someone stop what they are doing
cook
h.
to make a short visit to somebody
call
i.
to move something from one place to another
apologise
i.
to come to a place with something
inquire
k.
to inconvenience or trouble someone
influence get up
likely to cause something unpleasant to happen m. to effect the way somebody behaves or thinks
disturb
n.
N.
it
l.
to ask people to come to something
the following sentences using the correct verb from the box below.
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threaten extend take interrupt bring invite greet cook call apologise inquire influence get up disturb 1,.
When children do something wrong at home they should
2.
Friends often
J.
My mother
4.
My father is working, so I must not
5.
My family always
6.
We always
_
to their parents.
to see mv familv.
our meal using the cooker him.
very early in the morning. a
warm welcome to my grandpar-
ents. 7.
My grandparents always
8.
When my family goes out for the day we always a plcmc.
9.
All the family
10.
Parents can often
11.
Mrs Moore wants to go the school meeting to
'1,2.
'Hi Johry I'm sorry to
13.
We're going to
1.4.
Parents protect their children from anything that
us gifts.
came to our house to
the arrival of the new baby.
the way their children think.
about her daughter's progress.
you, but could you give me a hand?'
all our family and friends to the wedding. them.
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Debbie likes singing and swimming.
Debbie doesn't like football.
She quite likes computer games.
Paul quite likes swimming.
Paul likes football and computer games.
He hates singing.
I love going to the cinema. They like going shopping. He enjoys watching romantic films.
I don't llke pizza. They hate shopping for clothes. She doesn't enjoy
hiking.
Likes and dislikes can be shown like this:
+700% +75% +50% +25% neutral -25% -50% -75% loae really like quite don't don't don't really like like mind really like don't like like l"'t1i1,ri'i'.
in a small group and find out each other's likes and dislikes. Use the ideas given below and in task E to complete the chart.
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Eating pizza.
Playing football. Going swimming.
Drinking tea. Eating chocolate.
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-100% hate
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Dancing. Eating fast food. Your own idea:
Your own idea:
Your own idea:
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from the chart above and write short paragraphs about the likes and dislikes that you and your partners have.
1,
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family we met in section two.
Sometimes, the Wright family goes out together at the weekend. They like to go and visit historic castles. There are many castles in the north of England not very far from where they live. Once, they went to Bowes Castle in a city called Durham. Peter had been to the castle when he was a boy and he remembered how nice it was there. On the way to the castle, he told everyone what he remembered about it. When they got to the castle they had a great time and took lots of photos. The only problem was that when they got home they realised they didn't have any film in their camera! They had remembered to take everything else that they needed for their trip, but Lindsay had forgotten to put a film in the camera. Peter was not very pleased.
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lii at the following examples. In English, we often have silent letters in words. These are letters that we write, but do not say. 1. We write 'listen', but say'lisen'. Letter't' is silent. 2. We write'write', but say'rite'. Letter'w' is silent. 3. We write'salmon', but say'samon'. Letter'f is silent. ii"..'l.rl,.r
i..l;,;'q+r+ to the passage in task H and write down all the words that have silent letters. Underline the letters that we do not say.
Write the words here. to the following words and underline the silent letters in them. KI' ilri.l,*l'i 4. 2. knife 3. talk knee 1,.
5.
cupboard
6.
sign
7.
answer
8.
iron know
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ten sentences of your own that have words with silent letters in them.
1.
2. J.
4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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See
if
partner and practise saying your sentences to each other. you can think of more English words that have silent letters. a
Write your words here.
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the following chart carefully.
We can say that someone remembers something orhas forgotten something in a number of different ways. Here are a few of the most common expressions.
Forgets I remember what it was.
I've forgotten to put it in my bag. It's no good. I can't remember. She forgot to put a film in the camera. She didn't remember his name.
It's OK I haven't forgotten! He remembered when he was young. She hadn't forgotten it.
1,
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following sentences using ideas from task N.
1.
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2.
'I haven't
J.
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4.
'I think it was built on a Roman forf but I can't really
5.
Lindsay
6.
They
going to the castle years ago.' what
a nice place
it is.'
that it has a large moat around it, but I don't
to put a film in the camera. to take everything else with them.
how old it is.' the details.'
7.
'Oh no! I didn't
8.
'What? You
9.
P
to put a film in the camera.' to put a film in the camera?'
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10.
'Yes,
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,
that I bought a film at the shop.'
but you can't
where you've put it!'
i 1,,, with a partner and try to make up a realistic dialogue based on the sentences in task O. Write your dialogue down and practise it together.
r i i, i i., at the following word search. There are thirty words that are related to family life. How many of them can you find?
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1''i ii,,, ten sentences about family life in Indonesia using some of the words you found in the word search.